College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving Franchise

About College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving

Most home service franchises sell one line of business. You buy a truck, you hire a crew, and you go find demand for a single service.

College HUNKS is structured differently, and the difference is written into the franchise agreement rather than the marketing. We franchise two concepts: College Hunks Hauling Junk® for junk removal, and College Hunks Moving® for moving, packing, and packing materials. A franchise partner can operate one or run both as a single Franchised Business, sharing one Designated Territory, one office and warehouse, and one back office.

Territory is measured in people. Each standard Zone covers a population of roughly 300,000 to 400,000, drawn from U.S. Census data, and your Designated Territory is every Zone you hold. Partners who want more can apply to add contiguous Zones once they qualify.

Behind both concepts is the First Contact Sales & Loyalty Center, our centralized operations center in Tampa. It takes customer orders by phone, email, and electronic booking, schedules the appointments, routes each job to the right franchise partner by zip code, maintains the client database, follows up with customers on satisfaction, and reports back to owners.

Why Choose College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving?

Two concepts, one business.
Junk removal and moving are separate franchise concepts here, and a partner can hold both across one Designated Territory, one office and warehouse, and one back office. Each concept runs its own service vehicle, so the second concept adds a truck and its equipment rather than a second business. The numbers show it: junk removal on its own runs $158,100 to $252,000 all in, and both concepts together run $203,100 to $355,500. Our fee structure reflects the same thing, $55,000 for a single concept and $75,000 when both are purchased at the same time.

Holding both concepts is what protects your territory.
This is worth reading twice. Under our Franchise Agreement, if you purchase only one of the two concepts, we may operate the other concept, or grant it to a different franchisee, inside your own Designated Territory. Partners who hold both concepts do not have that exposure. If you start with one and stay in full compliance, you can add the second later for $55,000, provided we have not already placed it with someone else in your territory.

A call center that books the work.
The First Contact Sales & Loyalty Center is a centralized operations center at our headquarters. It receives customer orders, schedules appointments, distributes leads to franchise partners based on the zip code the lead originates in, keeps a comprehensive client database, and provides detailed reports so partners can manage the business off real numbers.

Territory sized in population, not square feet.
Each standard Zone runs 300,000 to 400,000 people, established from the most recently published U.S. Census data. Your Designated Territory is listed on an exhibit to your Franchise Agreement and updated each time you add a Zone.

A written path to growing past one Zone.
Expansion is not a handshake. After twelve months in operation, a partner in good standing can apply for additional contiguous Zones by showing liquid capital equal to six months of operating capital across the full territory, a business plan, and current financials. The criteria are published, so you can plan against them from day one.

An opening timeline with a number on it.
We estimate 110 to 140 days from signing the Franchise Agreement to opening, and the agreement requires opening within 150 days. Training happens within 120 days of signing.

Back office you do not have to assemble.
Bookkeeping runs through ACUTE FS, operated by our affiliate, and is used across the system. Payroll services are available through the same provider for partners who want them.

Owners have a seat at the table.
Our franchisee advisory council currently seats five franchisee representatives alongside four from the franchisor.

Ideal Candidate

What the agreement requires

• $75,000 in liquid capital and $400,000 net worth
• Roughly 1,500 square feet of leased office and warehouse space. A residence cannot serve as your office, and the office must be open before you take your first job or first dollar
• Two people available for initial training within 120 days of signing
• Readiness to open within 150 days
• A minimum monthly local advertising commitment, currently 8% of Gross Sales
• Willingness to operate without an exclusive territory. You receive a Designated Territory with the protections described in Item 12, which is not the same thing

Who does well here

• Owners who lead a crew rather than ride the truck. This is a hiring and management business before it is a hauling business
• Partners who follow the system. Our standards cover operations, service, and marketing approval, and the operators who work inside them do better than the ones who improvise
• People planning past one Zone. The territory model and the expansion criteria are built for partners who intend to add
• Candidates who take both concepts seriously, for the territory reason above

Probably not a fit if you want a fully passive investment, expect to run this from a home office, or would rather not be responsible for hiring and managing an hourly crew.

Qualified United States veterans receive a $7,500 reduction in the initial franchise fee.